Publisher's Synopsis
Lord of the Atlas is a gripping tale of intrigue, betrayal and brutality, evoking the beautiful and the barbaric of nineteenth-century Morocco and transporting the reader to a now-lost world.
A DISGRACED OFFICER LOOKING FOR REDEMPTION Marrakesh in 1893 and Harry Delhaze agrees to join the Sultan's army as they set off to quell a rebel uprising. He thinks it will be easy money. He couldn't be more wrong. A PROPHET WARLORD CLAIMING THE THRONE Bou Hamra leads his bandit army to battle through the baking deserts of the Sahara and the snows of the wild Atlas Mountains. He believes he is sent by God to save Morocco from the infidel. A COUNTRY DIVIDED BY BLOOD As a savage war erupts around him, Harry must battle for his own survival. But when the Lord of the Atlas suddenly appears and changes the stakes, Harry realises he is fighting for his very soul. Colin Falconer's EPIC ADVENTURE SERIES of stand-alone tales draws inspiration from many periods of history: Visit the fabled city of Xanadu, the Aztec temples of ancient Mexico, or the mountain strongholds of the legendary Cathars. Glimpse Julius Caesar in the sweat and press of the Roman Forum, ride a war elephant in the army of Alexander the Great, or follow Suleiman the Magnificent into the forbidden palace of his harem. 2000+ five-star reviews. Translated into 25 languages. 3,000+ pages. 'Blazing with adventure, epic in scope, and utterly compulsive.' Waterstone's UK. 'A writer in the same bare-knuckled school as Simon Scarrow, Steven Pressfield and Ben Kane.' Steve Donoghue.
